Plover
['plʌvə] or ['plʌvɚ]
Definition
(noun.) any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers.
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Definition
(n.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily Charadrinsae. They are prized as game birds.
(n.) Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover (Bartramia longicauda); and other species of sandpipers.
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Definition
n. a well-known wading bird.
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Examples
- If a gust of wind swept the waste, I looked up, fearing it was the rush of a bull; if a plover whistled, I imagined it a man. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Except these, the plover and the curlew are the only inhabitants until you come to the Chesterfield high road. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As large, or nearly, as a plover's egg! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A single basket made of moss, once containing plovers' eggs, held all that the poulterer had to say to the rabble. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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